Episode

Anti-slavery law uses new rule to bypass ballot

Podcast: Politics NZ
Published: May 2, 2026
Duration seconds: 896
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Summary

In a historic first, Parliament used a new rule to debate slavery legislation that has wide support in the House, but that government coalition partners don’t agree on. Plus other stories from a week of unlikely allies and surprising foes. Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details